DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, DEPLOYMENT, AND MAINTENANCE OF ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR UNITED STATES NAVY (USN) ASW/USW TACTICAL PLANNING AND EMPLOYMENT

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT.  RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

THIS SOUGHT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. It is a market research tool pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 10 to determine potential and eligible businesses capable of providing the services described herein prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a Request for Proposal. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice.

ELIGIBILITY: The Product/Service Code (PSC) most appropriate for this contract is AC13: National Defense R&D Services; Department of Defense- Military; Experimental Development.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541715.

The proposed acquisition will include a Conflict of Interest Solicitation provision and Contract Clause as set forth in FAR Subpart 9.5.

All interested contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) government website at www.sam.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Only interested firms who possess the supplies and services provided in this notice and can meet these requirements are invited to respond to this notice. The Government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their participation in this notice.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND: Tactical and environmental planning and adaptation are critical to the success of ASW/USW missions, especially in challenging littoral environments, which are often characterized by a high degree of spatial and temporal variability.  In response to these challenges, the product/software termed ASPECT is developed to use environmental sensor data to aid the tactical ASW/USW war-fighter.  ASPECT is NAVAIR’s multi-static ASW MPT for both Fleet and Research & Development use.  It is used for both pre-flight and in-flight mission planning to evaluate alternatives and develop effective tactical search plans based on available environmental data and threat data, providing recommendations for an integrated executable deployment strategy for both environmental sensors and tactical sensors. ASPECT additionally provides insight into actual performance when used with actual locations and position in reconstruction and post mission analysis.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

Potential vendors must:

1. Develop and maintain an integrated optimization capability and enhance reconstruction capability.
2. Implement emerging technologies using portable software implementations and implement it according to state-of-the-art industry interface standards.
3. Incorporate a life-cycle maintenance capability by employing source code management system to track current and future changes, automated testing, cross-platform practices, and online issue tracking. 
4. Provide a means to evaluate advanced concepts for maturing ASW/USW technologies
5. Exploit and promote commonality in both planning and processing across all ASW/USW platforms including air surveillance, surface ship, and submarine systems.
6. Support Information Assurance (IA) requirements and develop any required software technology information conformance.
7. Provide software maintenance and upgrades as required by the Fleet.
8. Participate in ASW/USW meetings and conferences as required to provide presentations and/or obtain knowledge useful to the ASPECT mission.

ASPECT Software Development to Support Additional ASW Platforms:

1. Design, develop, integrate, test, maintain, and deliver upgrades to new and/or modified software supporting airborne acoustic sensing, acoustic performance prediction, and associated mission planning functions. This work includes, but is not limited to, operational planning and acoustic analysis toolsets.
2. Provide design and development support to address Government requests for tactical acoustic range prediction capabilities for airborne active sonar systems.
3. Provide design and development support to address Government requests for median detection range prediction capabilities for passive acoustic buoy systems.
4. Provide design and development support to address Government requests for predicted range performance products for command-activated acoustic buoy systems.
5. Provide design and development support to address Government requests for acoustic ray-trace analysis across the applicable sensor classes, using realistic environmental increments and supported deployment depths.
6. Provide design and development support to address Government requests for reliable acoustic path determination across the applicable sensor classes and supported deployment depths.

INCUMBENT: This is a follow-on requirement. The incumbent contractor is L3 Harris Technologies Inc., Herndon, Virginia.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: It is requested that interested vendors submit to the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, single-spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating the capability to meet the requirements of this notice. This documentation must address, at a minimum, the following:

1. A company profile to include Company name, business size under North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541715, office location(s), Point of Contact (POC) name, phone number, email address, Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) code, and Unique Entity ID (UEI). Include a brief description of any applicable contracts relating to the supplies and/or services described herein.
2. Prior/current industry experience of similar size and scope as referenced in section 3.0 ‘Required Capabilities’. Address the proposed management approach to staffing the effort with qualified personnel. Include corporate management policies, quality certifications, and the experience level of currently employed personnel to be assigned tasks under this effort.
3. Provide documentation of the company's ability to begin performance immediately upon contract award projected in FY 2027, to include a detailed plan and estimated schedule(s) of performance.  Include any deviation or impact, if applicable.
4. Provide documentation to show the company's ability to meet the Required Capabilities, Special Requirements, and Eligibility of this notice.

Media: One (1) electronic copy is required. Submissions should be in Adobe PDF. Note that large files (>5MB) may not be receivable due to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet security.

Means of Delivery: Submissions must be received no later than the Response Date of this notice. The capability statement package and/or questions or comments regarding this notice may be sent by email to Cat Kaler at catherine.i.kaler.civ@us.navy.mil